Grain-shocker.



J. H. SLEEPER & T. E. MoGOPFIN.

GRAIN SHOOKER.

AIPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 9, 190a.

1,0%0,521 Pa ented Mar. 19, 1912.

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Swueu-tom/ ZZYHGG /j'ra J 17 dleeper J. H. SLEEPER & T. E. MoGOFFIN.

GRAIN SHOGKER.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.9, 1909.

Patented Mar. 19, 1912.

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' aomv H. SLEEPER AND THOMAS E. McGOFFIN, or WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA.

GRAIN-SHOCKER.

,To all whom it may concern:

v Be it known that we, JOIINI-I. SLEEPER and THOMAS E. 'MoGoFEiN, citizens of the United States, residing at \Veatherford, in

5 the county of Custer and State of Oklahoma,

have invented certain new and useful Im provements 1n Gram-Shockers, of whlch the v following is a specification.

This invention relates to grain shockers,

10.' and refers particularly to a machine which adapted for attachment to a self binder. object of this invention is to provide for collecting bundles from the binder and forming the same into shocks when they are deposited from the 'pack'ing, chamber of the machine.

. I, The inventionhasfor another object the provision of a machine of this character in which the bundles are caught as they fall '20 from the binder and are carried intoa suitable hopper or the likefor the reception of v thebundles. From the hopper they are fed by the packer into a suitable chamber or receptacle from whence they are deposited or dumped upon the disposing of a predetermined number of the bundles in the chamber. A further object of this invention is to 1 construct a machine of this character which comprises but few operative parts which are Q 3 d d nt upon the movement of the machine and not upon auxiliary power and which are so arranged and disposed that the mechanism will operate positively and will not become choked or blocked during theoperation.

The invention has for a still further object the provision of a shocker of this character which is provided with means whereby the bundle which is deposited in the same is so'tu'rned as to be fed butt end foremost I into the packing chamber. 'By this arrange ment thev bundles are in position to be placed upon the ground whendeposited from the isectional ,bottom formed in thepacking chamber.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result. ref- Specification of Letters Patent. t nt 9, Application filed September 9, 1909. Serial No. 516,893.

section; Fig. at is a detail view of a latch and eye employed; Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the sectional bottom and means for opening the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated mall the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring specifically to the drawings in which disclosed one embodiment of'the invention, the numeral 1.0 designates a frame which is of substantially rectangular form, beingpreferably made from metallic beams in order to rigidly support the improved mechanism which will be hereinafter set forthl At one side of the frame 10 a traction wheel 11 mounted which is rigidly disposed upon a drive shaft 12 journaled at its opposite ends in bearings 13 mounted in vertical guides 14 arranged in registered relation upon one side of the frame 10 and upon a longitudinal beam 15 mounted within the frame 10 and spaced inwardly from the side of the same. The bearings 13 are adjustably disposed within the guides 14 by means of. threaded bolts 16 which are disposed through the upper ends of each of the guides 14 and engaged against the upper faces of the bearings 13. This construction forms a rest for the bearings 13 and permits of the vertical adjustment of the frame 10 to accommodate the same to self binders of various heights. The forward end of the frame 10 is ]')l0\'l(l(l,'ltl1 a tongue 17 extending forwardly and injournaled shafts 19 and 20 carrying rollers 21 which support an endless belt 22 provided in its outer face with pluralities of spurs 23. The conveyer is provided with a receiving spout 24 at its lower end which is positioned adjacent to the outlet chute of the self-binder; and is retained in such relative position through the medium of a connecting bar 25 extending from the frame 10 beneath the conveyer and secured in any suitable manner to .the self binder. The shaft extends beyondthe rear side of the conveyer, and carries upon its rear extremity a'sprocket 26 over which passes a chain 1 27. The chain 27 depends from the sprocket 26 and passes over a large sprocket 28 mounted upon a jack-shaft 29 journaled longitudinally in the rear end of the frame 10. The jack-shaft 29 is provided upon its 2 rearv extremity, and outwardly beyond the sprocket 28 with a bevel gear 30 meshing with a second bevel gear 31 carried upon a stub shaft 32 arranged transversely upon the rear end of the frame 10. The stubshaft 32 receives motion from the main drive shaft 12 through the medium of sprockets 33 and 34 intercommunicating through achain 35.

The jack--shaft, 29 extends beneath the channeled member 18 in longitudinal alinement over the longitudinal beam 15, and is connected to a vertical shaft 36 by the bevel gears 37 and 38. The upper extremity of the vertical shaft 36 is provided with a disk 39 in the upper face of which is eccentrically disposed a wrist pin 40. v The frame 1'0is provided with a relatively large frusto-coni' al receptacle 41, being reduced at its upper x tremity, and be- 4 ing disposed adjacent to the forward outer corner of the frame 10. The receptacle 41 is preferably formed of sheet metal which is bent into the desired form, and which is open at its rear side, and at its upper end,

to intercommunicate with a hopper 42 disposed thereagainst. The hopper 42 is sup ported in position adjacent the upper edge of the receptacle 41 by means of suitable bracket arms 43 extending rearwardly from the outer wall of the receptacle 41. The hopper 42 is" slotted as at 42 at its lower end in order to accommodate a horizontally swinging packer'arm 44 adapted to feed bundles from the hopper 42 into the re.- ceptacle 41. The packer arm 44 is of flattened form and is reduced atone extremity where it is pivotally secured upon the outer end of a supporting arm 45. The arm 45 is 4 'carried against the side of the receptacle 41 and extendsto the vertical shaft 36, the latter being preferably journaled therethrough, when it is carried toward the inner side of the frame. The reduced end of the packer arm 44 passes directly over the disk 39 and is provided with a longitudinalslot 46 for the reception of the wrist pin 40; The channel member 18 carries an abut-ment 47 which is in the form of a bail extending upwardly and transversely from the lower end of the channel member 18, 'and' is of ,such

bundles which are deposited upon the endless belt 22 from the self binder. The bundles are deposited upon the belt 22, butt end foremost and the bail strikes the upper ends of the bundles turning the same downwardly and causing themto be fed upwardly upon 1 the endless belt 22 butt end foremost and to fall into the hopper 42 in anupright position. I

Disposed within the opposite sides of the receptacle 41 are two pairs of springs 48 and 49. The springs are hingedly connected at their rear ends to the inner rear tvall 85 of the receptacle. The forward ends of the springs 48 and 49 are slidably'connected to the front wall of the receptacle 41 through the medium of sliding pins 50, carried-by the springs 48 and 49, and projecting "into arcuate recesses 51 formed in the front wall of the receptacle. The rear ends of the springs are secured upon the inner wall of the receptacle 41 at the oppositesides 6f the hopper 42. verge slightly toward their forward ends in order to yieldingly receive the bundles'which are forced from the hopper 42 into-the receptacle. The slots 51 receive the pins 50 and prevent the free ends ofthe springs .48

and 49 from leaving the. inner wall of the receptacle 41 and limit the inward movement of the sprin s when released by the falling of the bun les from the receptacle. The receptacle 41 is provided with a movable bottom comprising a substantially wrectangular frame 52 supported upon arms53 which extend upwardlyfrom the opposite sides of the frame 52 and are pivotall'ysecured v at their upper extremities upon ithe rear arms of bell crank levers 54 which are mounted on standards 55 carried upon the sides of .the'fra'm'e 10. The forward arms of the bell crank levers 54 are provided with springs 56 depending therefrom which are" secured at their lower extremities upon the frame 10 to normally retain the bottom height as to strike the upper ends of the 1 frame 52 upwardly against the lower edge of the receptacle 41.

:The frame 52 is locked in an upward position by means oflatch levers 57 which are pivotally mounted on lugs 58 extending from the opposite sides of the receptacle 41, and

having outturned lower extremities to engage'through upwardly projecting eyes 59 carried upon the opposite sides of the bottom frame. 52. The upper ends of the'latch levers 57'a-re provided with push rods 60 extending through'the wall of'the receptacle shoulders 62 upon their inner ends to receive and to retain the springs 49 when the same are bulged outwardly by the bundles. 'VVithin the bottom frame 52 are rotatably mounted a plurality of slats 64 supported upon pins 65 longitudinally projecting from the forward ends of the slats 64 and engaging through apertures formed in the forwardcross-bar of the frame 52. The pins 65 are each provided with intermeshing pinion 66. to communicate motion between the slats 64. For the purpose of moving'the slats 64, in order to open thebottom, rods 67 are depended from the forward corners of the frame 52, and are formed with short racks 68 at their lower ends and upon their inner faces to mesh W1th the outer pinions ,66. The outer side of the frame 10 is ad- .justably supported upon a wheel 70 which i is mounted upon a stub-shaft 71 disposed in tion by a threaded-bolt 74.

a bearing 72. The bearing 7 2 is slidably disposed in a vertical guide 73 carried upon the frame 10, and is adjustably retained in posi The operation of the device is as follows Thetongue 17 is secured to the forward end of the self'binder, and the connecting rod. 25 is secured to the side of the binder adjacent to the outlet chute of the same. As the device is moved, the traction wheel 11 rotates the drive, shaft 12, the stub-shaft 32 through the medium of the sprockets 33 and 34 and the chain 35, and the longitudinal shaft 29 through the medium of the bevel gears 30 and 31." The endless belt 22 is also set in 24 and primarily from the binder.

' the spurs and are carried upwardly until the upper ends of the bundles strike against the abutment 47. The upper ends of the bundles are thrown downwardly so as to dispose the butt ends of the bundles in the direction of the movement of the belt 22.

When a bundle reaches the top of the channel member 18 the bundle falls into the hopper 42 in an iun'ight position. After the bundle has been deposited in the hopper 42, the packer arm 44 is adapted to move through the bottom of the hopper 42 by the action of the disk 39 and the vertical shaft 36 to force the bundle forwar lly; into the receptacle 41. The bundle falls upon rte bottom of the receptacle 41 in an upright position between the springs 48 and 49,and as the bundles are increased in numberthe springs 48 and 49 are bulged outwardly, into the curved position which is disclosed in doted lines in Fig. 1. lVhcn the accumulated shock is of a predetermined size the springs 48 strike the push rods 60 and swing the latch levers 57 to release the bottom. Simultaneous with this movement the upper springs 4.) engage over the shoulders 62* of the rods and are held in such position to release the bundles. The weight of the bundles upon the bottom is now such as to overcome the tension of the sprin s 56 whereby the bottom is permitted to fall. The downward movement of the bottom carries the outer pinions 66 into the path of the racks 68 to rotate the entire train of pinions and to turn the slats 64. When the slats 64 are turned to open the bottom the lower ends of the bundles protrude below the bottom and strike the ground causing the bundles to slide from the frame 52 and to be left upon the field in clustered position. The springs 56 now return the bott-omup against the lower edge of the receptacle 41, and the operator now manually swings the latchlevers 57 into engagement Wifil the eyes 59 to lock the bottom in its normal position. When the bundles are released from between the springs 48, and the springs49, the springs 49 are manually released from the shoulders 62 when they return immediately to their normal contracted positions.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A shocker including a frame, an inclined conveyer mounted on the frame, a hopper disposed upon the frame beneath tllf conveyer, a receptacle carried by the frame and having communication with the hopper, the receptacle havinga releasablebottom, springs located in said receptacle for 'engagement with bundles of grain, latch-levers carried by said receptacle anduengaging with the bottom, and push-rods carried by said latch-levers for engagementwith said springs to release said latch-levers upon the expansion of the springs. v a

2. A shocker including a frame, an inclined conveyer arranged upon the frame to receive bundles therefrom, an abutment located upon the receiving endoffthe conveyer for turning thebundlels, a hopper arranged beneath the delivery endof the con- &

I with the bottom, standards mounted on said frame, arms upwardly projecting from the.

opposite sides of the bottom of said receptacle, bell-crank levers pivoted in the upper ends of said standards and connected to said arms, and springs disposed between the frame and said bell-crank levers-for raising the bottom of the receptacle.

. 3. A grain shocker including a main frame, a receptacle located on said main 7 frame having a releasable bottom normally located therein, releasing, means connected to the bottom to drop the'same'from-t'he receptacle, springs carried by said main frame for normally restoring the bottom to normal position, the bottom of said receptacle comprising slats rotatably mounted in the sides of the receptacle, intermeshing gears carried by the slats, and racks carried by the main frame engaging with the gears to rotate the slats uponthe movement of the bottom.

. 4. A shocker including a main frame, a traction wheel mounted upon the frame,- a

;c 0nveyer carried by the frame, a train of gears disposed between the traction wheel and the conveyer for actuating the latter, a

vertical shaft journaled in the frame and having connection to the train of gears, a disk carried upon the shaft, a wrist pin mounted in the disk, a packer-arm carried by the frame and 'engagin with the wristpin for the reciprocation o the packer-arm, .a hopper carried by the frame beneath the delivery. end of the conveyer and having an opening in the lower end thereof to receive the pa'ckenarm, a receptacle-arranged upon the frame and having communication at its upper end with the hopper, and depositing means arranged within the receptacle to release shocks of predetermined size.

5. vA shocker including ;a frame, a ,recep-- tacle carried on the frame to receive bundles and having a. bottom locked therein, releasing means disposed in' the frame for the bottom to drop the same and adapted to be engaged by the bundles, the b ttom having a plurality of slats, and opening means carried by the frame to open the slats by the movement of the bottom. 1

6. A grain shocker including a main frame, a receptacle carried in themain frame and having a releasable bottom, the bottom comprising a horizontal U-shaped frame open, at its rear end, a plurality of longitudinally disposed revolving slats, gears carried' upon the forward end of the slats in intermeshed relation, racks depending from the main frame and engaging with the outermost gears to turn the slats, releasing means carried by the frame and having connection to the bottom to drop the same, and

a lifting mechanism disposedupon the frame and having connection with the bottom-t0 raise the same when the shock is released from the bottom.

7. A. shocker including a frame, an inclined conveyer mounted on said frame, a hopper mounted adjacent to the upper end of the conveyer, a receptacle disposed on said frame and communicating with said hopper, a packer carried by said frame for feeding bundles from the hopper to said receptacle, a releasable bottom disposed in the receptacle, and springs located in said receptacle for engagement with the bundles and having connection with the bottom to release the same by the pressure of the bundles. I

8. A. shocker including a frame, an inclined conveyer mounted upon the frame, a

hopper carried by said frame beneath'the upper end of the conveyer, a receptacle disposed upon said frame in 00 munication with said hopper, and means ca ried by said frame for disposing bundles on' the conveyer with butts toward the upper end of the conveyer, said receptacle having opening slats adjustably mounted in the bottomthereof.

9. A shocker-comprising a frame, wheels adjustably mounted on the fame, an inclined conveyer located on the frame for receiving bundles, a hopper carried by the frame and. arranged beneath the delivery end of the conveyer, a receptacle disposed upon the frame and communicating with said hopper and having a releasable bottom, springs mounted longitudinally within the receptacle'at theopposite sides of the hopper, supporting means disposed between the springs and the bottom, means connected to the bottom and actuated by said springs for releasing the bottom, and springs carried by the frame and connected to the bottom for the bundles have been delivered.

10. A grain shocker comprising a frame, a conveyer upon the frame adapted to receive bundles, a hopper carried by the frame in register-with the delivery end, of the convyer,-a receptacle carriediby the-frame having communication with the hopper and being provided with a releasable bottom, retaining means carried in the receptacle for engagement with the bottom and adapted to restoring the same to normal position after release the same upon the disposition of a In testimony wl'lcreof we aflix our signw I0 shock of predetermined slze Wlthln the retures in presence of two WIUICSSQS. ceptaclo, the bottom comprising a horizontal frame provided with a plurality uf longi- JOHN H. SLEEPER. {n tudinal slats having intermeshing gears THOMAS E. MGGOFFIN. [14.3.]

upon their ends, and racks carried within the main frame for engagement with the Witnesses:

outer of the gears upon the movement of Gr. F. I'IAEDER, the bottom. HENRY SEAMLING. 

